| Place | Great Bookham S Nicolas |
| Lieutenancy area | Surrey |
| Country | England |
| Historic county | Surrey |
| Dove tower ID | 20394 |
| Rings | 2 U/R (full-circle ring), tenor 6¼ cwt in B♭See below |
| Frames | 1See below |
| Grid reference | TQ135546 |
| Latitude & longitude | 51.27979, -0.37401View on Google Map or OpenStreetMapList nearest towers |
| Satnav lat & long | No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details |
| Postcode | KT23 3PD |
| Diocese | Guildford |
| Church | Church of England |
| Listed grade | I by Historic England |
| Church heritage record | 6008 |
| Performances | Search for performances on BellBoard |
| Bells | 2 U/R (full-circle ring)Edit details |
| Tenor | 6¼ cwt (~700 lb or ~320 kg) in B♭ (956.0 Hz) |
| Projects & events | 1List |
| Additional information | Unringable: only swing chiming permitted No stays or sliders Surviving treble and tenor of a ring of 4 |
| Bell | Weight | Nominal | Note | Diameter | Dated | Founder | Canons | Turning | Hanging | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3¾ cwt | 1296.5 | E♭ | 27.77″ | c1399† | ? William & Robert Burford | Y | 4 | FC | ||
| 2 | 6¼ cwt | 956.0 | B♭ | 32.36″ | 1675 | William I Eldridge | Y | 4 | FC |
| Frame | Bells | Year | Material | Maker | Truss | Layout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,2 | c1675 | Timber | 5.A | 4.1 |
[1]Source contributor
G P Elphick, Jul 1969. Approx. tenor weight provided by J P Adams lists
Published: 23/11/2021
[2]Source contributor
J C L Stahlschmidt
Published: 23/11/2021
[3]Sources quoted by W A Hibbert
Date and founder of smaller bell provided by George Elphick, see paper Great Bookham Bells and Bellframe; Proceedings of the Leatherhead and District Local History Society, volume 3, 1967-1976, no. 3, 1969, p. 86; Leatherhead, 1985
Nominals and diameters measured by WAH.
Weights estimated from partial frequencies and diameters.
Published: 19/12/2021; updated: 19/12/2021
[4]Other notes from W A Hibbert
The two bells hang in a frame for four with the centre two pits vacant. The bells were rehung on new timber headstocks by Whitechapel in 1958. They do not have stays or sliders but could be run full-circle, except that the state of the frame and tower mean that chiming only is permitted.
The frame is a wooden lowside frame with the timbers joined with iron pegs and cotters. It is likely to have been installed around 1675 when the largest bell was cast but there is no direct evidence for this.
Published: 19/12/2021; updated: 03/10/2022
| 03/10/2022 | Fr1: date, material, note added [Bill Hibbert] |
| 19/12/2021 | 1: weight, cast year amended; 2: weight added; 1-2: nominal, canons, turning, frame no added; diameter amended. [Bill Hibbert] |
| 04/12/2021 | 2: bell moved to full-circle ring [Bill Hibbert via Email] |